Charlet

Charlet, NICOLAS TOUSSAINT, a French painter and engraver, born at Paris in 1792, held a clerkship under the Empire, but lost it at the Restoration (1815), and in consequence betook himself to art. After studying awhile under Gros, he gradually formed for himself a style in which he had no rival. The Béranger of caricature, he was especially successful in his sketches of children and military incident. His drawings numbered about 2000. Charlet died October 29, 1845. See his Life by Lacombe (1856) and the study by Dayot (1892).